I had my RD surgery about a year ago. Before my surgery my vision in that eye was 20/30. Today it's corrected to 20/40. Since I am 61, I'm OK with that. The...
In answer to your questions - yes - some people's vision is not affected much after the surgery. The majority of people can be corrected to as good as prior to...
Marquez: My retina surgeon has patients use prednisolne-a steroid-for a total of eight weeks:4 drops a day for 2 weeks, 3 a day for 2 weeks,2 a day for 2...
I had RD surgery about a month and half ago.....the buckle and gas bubble. Over the weeks things seem to be improving slowly. All of a sudden my vision took a...
No, I don;t think this is normal. Of course floaters could be interfearing with your vision. For sure I would call my retina doctor by tomorrow if the vision...
dont think i had a vitrectomy. dont remember him saying anything about that....what is it? Janet Sparrow <jhsparrow@...> wrote:No, I don;t think this is...
I've used Genteal Gel - the severe oitment for a severe dryness in one of my RD eys. It works well, but I'm now having trouble finding it. Every store near me...
Hi Debbie - I have RD in both eyes, my right has no usable vision, it's cloudy, and distorted. I started having pain and my doctor said my cornea was unhealthy...
Hi Laurie Thanks for the reply. I will try and find the ointment. What were the other options he was talking about? Debbie ... it's ... cornea ... it. She ...
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Hi,I haven't posted in awhile but always continued reading all the posts.I too now find myself with cornea problems following multiple RD surgeries.I had 3 in...
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Cherry - here is an article about PVD. It is a rather common as we age. Most frequently it does not cause bad complications. It can pull on the retina and...
Feel your pain, Panama- just went to doc last week to get my glasses prescription after stabilizing from cataract surg in left eye (right eye has no lens and...
Hi Brenda You have been through so much. My heart goes out to my son and everyone on this board. Some days must be difficult to cope with. I hope your...
Hi folks, Prednisone drops, gas bubble..... To those of you who have had cataracts on affected eye after RD surgery, what , if anything did your doctors say...
My Doctor told me I was at risk for a cataract, but never said why. I had a detached retina in 1987 from an elbow to the eye while playing basketball. I had...
Thanks for the cataract surgery info. Mine is on May 20th under general. I think I read our cataracts are caused by vitrectomies and or steriod drops after RD....
I remember your posts from the past. So sorry that you have had one eye problem after the other. Please post after your cornea transplant. My husband will be...
Vitrectomy is when the viterous is removed usually during detached retina surgery although some have it removed because of a severe unbearable case of...
Hello all - I now have a superior retinal detachment in my right eye. Over the past month, laser surgery has been tried, and just when things seem to be...
Kerry, I found out about my left eye detachment in my retina doctor's office around 5PM about one year ago. I was off macula. He followed me to the hospital...
HELLO OUT THERE IN DETACHED RETINAL .COM LAND.....I AM GOING ON THREE WEEKS FROM THE EYELID SURGERY....IT IS HEALING AND DOES OPEN BETTER.....I AM GOING ON 8...
To all: My girlfriend who has Dishnetwork told me that there is a show on the research channel today on retinal surgery. As I am writing this post, I am...
Kerry, You asked for encouragement and success stories. As I said a few posts ago (message 16704), I suffered a detached retina in 1987 when I took an elbow...
Kerry, good luck tomorrow. Thoughts and prayers are with you for a full recovery. Carol 2/18/01 Left eye - Vitrectomy, laser, cryo, gas bubble, scleral ...
